Members of Rice Emergency Medical Services (REMS) are taking the student-run service way outside the hedges — to Panama.

For the next week, REMS will be in the canal zone to teach an emergency care attendant course. The 40-hour class is an entry-level EMS training class and offers an introduction to life-saving skills for personnel who may act as primary responders or in a support role in case of a large-scale emergency.

A group of 25 personnel from the American Embassy in Panama will be taking the course.